Re: Super-smack?

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Scott Sipe <cscotts(at)mindspring(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Super-smack?
Date: 2006-05-02 20:36:44
Message-ID: 20060502203643.GD97354@pervasive.com
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On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 01:54:49PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:05:54AM -0500, Scott Sipe wrote:
> > So, my question is, before I do any further digging, is super-smack
> > flawed?
>
> It's sort of hard to say without looking at the source -- it certainly isn't
> a benchmark I've heard of before, and it's also sort of hard to believe a
> benchmark whose focus seems to be so thoroughly on one database (MySQL). The
> site claims (about PostgreSQL) support that "it looks like it works";
> certainly not a good start for fair benchmarking :-)

If you want a more realistic test, try dbt2:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osdldbt
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